Supporters of federalization in the Ukrainian city of Luhansk Tuesday occupied the buildings of the regional council, regional interior ministry and the Office of Public Prosecutor . Best photos from the scene in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.
Seizure of administrative buildings in east Ukraine's Luhansk
Best photos from Luhansk, where protesters Tuesday occupied the buildings of the regional council, regional police office and Office of Public Prosecutor
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A demonstration started Tuesday evening in front of the regional police office in Luhansk
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Supporters of federalization blocked the regional police office
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Supporters of federalization at the regional police office in Luhansk
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Earlier the same day, protesters seized the regional administration building and the Office of Public Prosecutor
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Law enforcement officers at the regional administration building
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin An ultimatum to fulfill all the demands of the local population substantiated by the April 17 Geneva accords that the local protesters put forward to the authorities in Kiev expired at 14:00 hours local time Tuesday
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Regional administration building seizure
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin The Ukrainian national flag was torn off the building
© EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE Regional administration building seizure
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Regional administration building seizure
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin At the seized regional administration building
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin At the seized regional administration building
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin At the seized regional administration building
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Law enforcement officers leave the regional administration building, while the protester applaud
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin Law enforcement officers leave the regional administration building
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin At the occupied Office of Public Prosecutor in Luhansk
© EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE Armed men stand next to a TV set as they guard the entrance of the occupied Office of Public Prosecutor
© EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE Armed men at the occupied Office of Public Prosecutor
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin